16 Weeks

Somewhere along the line I lost a week, so I'm catching up on the past two. Eamon is getting cuter and cuter by the day (as if that is even possible!). He's all smiles and squawks (his version of "talking", though he sounds like a baby hawk!) and is up to about 17 pounds! I thought it would take at least six months for him to double his birth weight, but he's about to hit that mark any day. Needless to say, his appetite continues to be quite voracious.

After months of protest, Eamon has finally come to realize lying on his tummy really isn't such a bad thing afterall. He has better head control and a stronger neck, so he figured out that it's actually fun to look around and check things out from that position. He'll then roll over to his back--the other day he rolled over a record number seven times in a row.

Right now he's showing signs that he's ready to sit up on his own. He really strains to lift his head from a reclined position, and with minimal help from me, he sits up in a snap. He also seems to enjoy hanging out in his Bumbo chair, which gives the effect of sitting (it's like a booster seat).

One last milestone: Eamon not only bats at but grabs toys that are within his reach. I caught him grasping one of the little animals hanging over his floor gym thingie yesterday and almost started to cry--he is growing up so fast!